Consider the production of a synthetic fuel (methanol) from coal. A gas mixture of 50% CO and

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Consider the production of a synthetic fuel (methanol) from coal. A gas mixture of 50% CO and 50% H2 leaves a coal gasifier at 500 K, 1 MPa, and enters a catalytic converter. A gas mixture of methanol, CO and H2 in chemical equilibrium with the reaction: CO + 2H2 ⇔ CH3OH leaves the converter at the same temperature and pressure, where it is known that ln K = -5.119.
a. Calculate the equilibrium composition of the mixture leaving the converter.
b. Would it be more desirable to operate the converter at ambient pressure?
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Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

ISBN: 978-0471152323

6th edition

Authors: Richard E. Sonntag, Claus Borgnakke, Gordon J. Van Wylen

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